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Why the market remains uneasy over high food prices

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Shoppers at a supermarket along Aga Khan walk in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A few weeks ago, a two-kilogramme tin of Irish potatoes could cost as low as Sh80.

The same quantity was selling at Sh250 during the months when inflation was almost hitting 10 per cent.

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